Salomón Lerner Ghitis

Salomón Lerner Ghitis
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
28 July 2011  10 December 2011
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byRosario Fernández
Succeeded byOscar Valdés
Personal details
Born (1946-02-04) 4 February 1946
Lima, Peru
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Ingeniería
ProfessionIndustrial engineer, administrator

Salomón Lerner Ghitis, also known as Siomi Lerner (born 4 February 1946) is a Peruvian businessman and politician, who was the Prime Minister of Peru from 28 July to 10 December 2011 and leader of the political movement Citizens for Change (CxC). He was appointed prime minister following the 2011 general election which was won by Ollanta Humala. Lerner resigned on 10 December 2011.